Blog Two
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Birmingham City Council to accelerate full fibre coverage across the City
The transition to fill-fibre digital connectivity from more traditional technologies is vital to ensuring the businesses of Birmingham can compete in a global world. Our increasingly digital world means that innovative technologies and data are becoming the driving forces across all sectors and industries. Digital Birmingham are dedicated to ensuring the Birmingham businesses are at…
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Free digital devices for communities
Community groups and charities are being given the opportunity to apply for free laptops and desktop computers to help people who struggle to get digital access.Birmingham City Council is currently in the process of refurbishing several thousand devices for use in our communities. The initial pilot scheme for the Birmingham Device Bank was a great…
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Launch of Council’s new Digital Strategy
In an earlier post, I set out the Birmingham digital approach. I am pleased to formally launch the new Digital Strategy 2022-2025. This is the next step to further modernise how we re-imagine, design and deliver services that better serve the needs of our citizens and businesses and reflect more the way our citizens and businesses…
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The Birmingham City Council Digital Approach
Dr Peter Bishop, Director of Digital & Customer Services at Birmingham City Council, responsible for delivering services to just over 1 million citizens and 11,000 staff, explains why the organisation’s Digital Strategy is the next big step forward. Read his recent blog below: The council took back control of its ICT Strategy back in 2016, but…